TY  - BOOK
AU  - BARGE - GIL, Andres
AU  - 
TI  - The complementarity effect of research and development on firm productivity
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Taylor & Francis
KW  - research
KW  - development
KW  - productivity
N2  - Returns to investment in research and development (R&D) are a subject of considerable interest in the literature on economics of innovation. However, a drawback of this literature is that R&D is mostly treated as a homogeneous activity. This article analyses the differentiated effect of research and development on productivity and tests the existence of complementarity between these activities. We find evidence supporting the existence of a direct effect of both innovation activities. Most interestingly, our results suggest that there is complementarity between research and development in determining productivity
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2013.815307
ER  -